Bronze for Clancy while Pendleton marches on

Ed Clancy, London 2012 Olympic Games, track day four

published 5 August 2012

Ed Clancy won his second medal of the 2012 Games when he added omnium bronze to his team pursuit gold. Great Britain's eighth cycling medal of these games.

Sat in fifth place after five events Clancy got himself back on to the podium with a staggering ride in the kilometre time trial, the final event in the omnium.

Clancy finished on 30 points, just three short of winner Lasse Hansen of Denmark who led coming in to the kilo. Second place for him secured him the gold. "It feels weird. I still cannot believe it. It's so unreal. It's the biggest thing that you can ever achieve for an omnium rider, so it's just a crazy feeling," Hansen said. "It's a really cool feeling, being an Olympic champion. Only the third one for Denmark. The other one (gold) was for two guys in rowing. It feels weird, but fantastic." Bryan Coquard of France won the silver.

Although Clancy only views this as a bonus event it's only human to let a few 'what ifs' creep in. 21 of his 30 points (the rider with the lowest points tally wins) came from two events, the points and the scratch. He won the flying lap and kilometre and was second in the individual pursuit. Fifth in the elimination race kept him in the hunt, but 11th in the points race and 10th in the scratch were his undoing.

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Editor of Cycling Weekly magazine, Simon has been working at the title since 2001. He fell in love with cycling 1989 when watching the Tour de France on Channel 4, started racing in 1995 and in 2000 he spent one season racing in Belgium. During his time at CW (and Cycle Sport magazine) he has written product reviews, fitness features, pro interviews, race coverage and news. He has covered the Tour de France more times than he can remember along with two Olympic Games and many other international and UK domestic races. He became the 130-year-old magazine's 13th editor in 2015.

Bronze for Clancy while Pendleton marches on

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